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" A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another : 16. "
The Elements of Euclid, the parts read in the University of Cambridge [book ... - Page 2
by Euclides - 1846
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A Practical Treatise of Perspective, on the Principles of Dr. Brook Taylor

Edward Edwards - Perspective - 1806 - 414 pages
...properties of right lines and angles, it will be neceflary to fpeak of the circle. A CIRCLE is a plain figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch, that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are...
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An Essay on the Teeth of Wheels: Comprehending Principles, and Their ...

Robertson Buchanan - Gearing - 1808 - 216 pages
...which meeting do not lie in one line. 2. A triangle is a figure contained by three straight lines. 3. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another, and this point is called the centre of the circle. 4. The radius of a circle, is a right line drawn...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 5

John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...the extremity of "any thin?." H. A figure is that which is inclosed by one qr more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line., which is railed the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certiiu point within the...
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An Easy Introduction to the Mathematics: In which the Theory and ..., Volume 2

Charles Butler - Mathematics - 1814 - 528 pages
...figures as are contained by more than one line, as the triangle, square, polygon, &c. are excluded; "and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure" (called in the next following definition " the centre") to the circumference, are equal to one another...
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A Treatise on Spherics: Comprising the Elements of Spherical Geometry, and ...

Daniel Cresswell - Geometry - 1816 - 352 pages
...OF A SPHERE AND A PLANE. DEFINITIONS. ART. 1. A- Sphere is a solid 'figure contained by one surface, and is such that all straight lines, drawn from a certain point within the figure to the surface, are equal to one another : (2.) And this point is called the Center of the Sphere. (3.) A...
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Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a ...

John Playfair - Circle-squaring - 1819 - 350 pages
...space contained in a figure, i.mj reference, to the nature of the line or lines which bound it. XI. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XII. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XIII. A diameter of a circle is a straight...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 5

John Mason Good - 1819 - 800 pages
...ia the extremity of any thing" 14. A figure is that which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, mid is such that all straight lines dra'.vn from a cenain |X)int within the figure ю the circumference,...
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The First Six Books with Notes

Euclid - 1822 - 222 pages
...surface^ which is. bounded on all sides by one or more lines. 15. A circle is a plane figure bounded by one line,, which is called the circumference, and is such that all right lines drawn from a certain point within the figure, to the circumference, are equal to one another....
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Practical Essays on Mill Work and Other Machinery, Volume 1

Robertson Buchanan - Machinery - 1823 - 440 pages
...which meeting do not lie in one line. 55. A triangle is a figure contained by three straight lines. 56. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another, and this point is called the centre of the circle. 57- The radius of a circle, is a straight line drawn...
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Elements of Geometry, Containing the First Six Books of Euclid

Euclid - 1826 - 234 pages
...is the extremity of any thing. 14. A figure is that which is contained under one or more terms. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, to which all right lines drawn from one point within the figure are equal to one another. ' 16. And...
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